Tool-handle.



A. FLAVEN-MIGALBT.

TOOL HANDLE. v

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 14, 19 3.

1,12%??9; Patented Jan. 12, 1915.

ANTOINE FLAVEN-MIGALET, F ALLEVABD, FRANCE.

TOOL-HANDLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 12, 1915.

Application filed August 14, 1913. Serial No. 784,841.

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTOINE FLAVEN- MIGALET, a citizen of the Republicof France, residing at Allevard, France, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Tool-Handles, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention has reference to a reinforced handle for tools, such aspickaxes, spades, turf-cutters and the like and is intended to avoid thetoo frequent breakage of the ordinary handles which generally occursslightly above the socket of the tool.

The handle according to the present invention is provided along aportion of its length with a recess in which is located a metal tube incontact with the walls of the recess and the interior of which isprovided with a wooden core. It may furthermore be provided with anouter circular band preventing the damaging of the wood of the handle atthe commencement of the socket of the tool owing to contact with stonesor friction against the ground, the wearing away of the wood at thisspot being in many cases the reason of the breakage of the handle. Inorder to fit this band the handle may be pressed by passing between twogrooved cylinders which exactly reduces it to the dimensions of theinterior of the circular band, so that the handle will not shrink afterthe band has been fitted, but remains perfectly connected to the band.This operation is for the purpose of closing up the pores of the woodand furthermore permits of obtaining the maximum resistance of thehandle.

I will now describe my invention with reference to the accompanyingdrawings which show several forms of construction by way of example, andwherein Figure 1 is a partial axial section of one form of construction.Fig. 2 is a cross section along the line AA of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is apartial axial section on a larger scale than the former.

According to Figs. 1 and 2, it will be seen that b is a cylindricalmetal tube which is inserted in a corresponding cylindrical recessformed in the handle a, the diameter of this recess being equal to theouter diameter of the tube and the length equal to that of this latter.The interior of the tube is provided with a wooden core 0. At (Z a metalstop pin, the upper portion d of which is cylindrical and threaded, issituated in the latter, whereas its lower portion (Z in the form of ahooked tetrahedral wedge penetrates into the core a. The pin thus formedis for assuring the connection of the core to the rest of the handle,this connection being furthermore reinforced by a wedge e or by a screwsituated in the other end of the core 0.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my saidinvention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare thatwhat I claim is 1. A tool handle adapted to be inserted in a socket,comprising in combination, a ban dle member having therein alongitudinally disposed cylindrical recess, a cylindrical V metal tubedisposed in said recess, a wooden core disposed within said cylindricalmetal tube, and means disposed-in said wooden core and handle member forsecuring said core against longitudinal movement.

2. A tool handle having a cylindrical recess disposed longitudinallythereof, a cylindrical metal tube disposed in said recess, a wooden coredisposed within said cylindrical metal tube, and means disposed ateither end of said core for securing the same against longitudinalmovement.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twowitnesses.

ANTOINE FLAVEN-MICALET.

WVitnesses MARTIN JOSEPH, DUSSERT LEON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

